Event Nine.

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Thus, on Life’s gloomy sea, Heareth the marinere Voices sweet, from far and near, Ever singing in his ear, “Here is rest and peace for thee!”

t's a dark night, and the sounds of feet in the darkness are further dampened and hidden by even more magic, as they are lured away by the soft sounds of dreams that are too good to be true, leaving the Town much, much emptier than when it began. On one side, an island, and a ticking clock to a gruesome death. On the other, the slow realization that those bonds everyone has been forging might mean much, much more than they first thought. Welcome to Awash's ninth event log, everyone! Further information on this event can be found here at the OOC post. You are welcome to start your own posts or logs for this event as well. If there are any questions, please ask them here. Please be sure to very clearly mark where your characters are in your prompts, so people know which they can tag depending on which group they are in. Thank you!

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[oathkeeper]

[The grabbing hands and unfamiliar face has Sora staring at the other with wide-eyed confusion.]

Who are you...? What are you talking about? They'd never hurt me.

[For the moment Michael has Sora's attention but he's still got that lifeless look in his eyes like he's really tired.]

[retrobeats]

I'm Michael, I'm from Chroma - you know, the town? [ the look in Sora's eyes is scaring him something fierce - it reminds him of, he doesn't know, zombies? brainwashed people (duh, he IS a brainwashed people, Michael's brain helpfully supplies)? "why are you standing there all creepy and stuff"--

nope, no. he's got this guy's attention, he's actually looking at him and hearing him, so Michael's gonna do what he does best and just let his mouth run till he finds something that'll hold it for good. ] You remember the town, right? I bet you got buddies here that'll be-- super pissed-off, if you jump now, after we came all this way to find you! [ that's a thought-- ] Hey, maybe you can tell me about 'em? C'mon, what's your name?

[oathkeeper]

[Michael?? Chroma?? Those names seem so distant right now that Sora just merely stares back at Michael. And then he stares some more... And then some more.]

Uhh... I'm ... Sora?

[Oh good, he remembers his own name! That's got to be some progress.

But just as he says that the tune of music starts to filter through to Sora's ears again and he suddenly tries to pull himself away from Michael to swing one leg over the boat. Quick- Help---!]

I'm came this way to see them...!

i hit post 2soon whoops

[retrobeats]

[ Sora stares at him for so long that Michael feels this close to screaming. and when he does finally get his name out, Michael's got about enough time for all it is to click in place before Sora pulls-- so sharp and sudden that he takes Michael with him. ]

Gah--!

[ Michael lurches forward as the boat rocks beneath them - his left hand slips from around Sora's arm and he scrambles to find something else to grab onto. ]

Nono wait--! Sora?! Oh my god, you're Kairi's friend, hey--

[ he's just blurting out whatever's going through his head now as his free hand closes around some kinda fabric, maybe part of Sora's jacket, and Michael pulls desperately, fighting against Sora's renewed determination to drown himself and trying not to think about deep dark water and the boat creaking. ]

C'mon man, try harder! [ holy crap, holy crap he can't let Kairi's bff be brainwashed and turned into fish satan's snack!! ] I know I don't mean shit to you but you can't-- don't do this to Kairi!

all good! <3

[oathkeeper]

[The boat rocks and creaks dangerously! Sora is still so set on trying to escape the boat that he manages one foot in the water and several splashes soak the both of them! Oh...! It also looks like one of the Siren's is starting to circle them just like a bloodthirsty shark.]

It's better... Down where it's--

[But Michael says something that seems to catch Sora's attention! He looks at him and grabs onto Michael's sleeve as he awkwardly flops one leg off the side of the boat.]

You know Kairi? [It's the magic name. One that will always catch Sora's attention.] Where is she? Is she alright?

[retrobeats]

[ he catches sight of the circling Siren out the corner of his eye, and a stray thought streaks hysterically through his brain: i don't want us to die.

thank god that all his conscious attention and focus is on Sora right now. he can't ever remember feeling so relieved as when Sora grabs onto him, and he nods fervently, keeping as tight a hold as he can manage. ]

Yeah, she's my roomie! [ he thinks he caught sight of her earlier, a flash of pink being helped down to the boats by someone else, but it's all a blur. so instead he says: ] Look, we came all this way to help her, and you, and - and everyone else who got dragged here, and we're not leaving without any of you. So-- if you pull your leg back over the side of this boat right now, we can both go find her and you can see for yourself!

[ is it just him, or is that Siren circling closer to the boat now? ]

[oathkeeper]

[Michael is doing all the right things to divert Sora's attention back to real life. There's a spark in his eye and he immediately looks around at the other boats for a flash of red hair and a pink dress.]

Right- The rescue crew! You guys got us out! All of us! Kairi too! We gotta find her and make sure Riku knows that---

[Before Sora can finish his sentence there's a loud screeching noise from the water. Suddenly clawed hands shoot up from the water and dig right into Sora's leg. The Siren is intending to pull him in!!]

Ahhhh--!!

[Holding onto Michael and also trying to stay in the boat!]

[retrobeats]

[ hey @theuniverse why can't they have five hecking minutes to celebrate no longer being in thrall to the supernatural, huh ]

Ahhh!!

[ purely on instinct, Michael's grip tightens and shifts till he's practically clinging firmly to Sora around the middle. he's also trying to find some kind of purchase point on the boat for his legs in this sudden tug-of-war. it'd all look super comical if it wasn't literally life-and-death. ]

Seriously, you are the sorest losers!!! [ trash-talking the Sirens: probably not the greatest course of action when it could capsize their dangerously lopsided boat and drag them both under any second. but: who cares!! ] Ugh-- Sora, I got you, kick it in the face or something!!

[oathkeeper]

[They really are the sorest losers, though!! Sora doesn't disagree with that as he wails and clings onto the boat and onto Michael as well. He's trying his hardest to not pull Michael off the boat with him but if he does start losing his grip he'll let go so Michael doesn't get dragged in too. Those claws in his leg really hurt!]

I'll do--!! Ahuughh!!! Something better than that!!

[Sora grips the boat with one hand and prays that Michael doesn't let him go. Because he's using his other hand to let go and suddenly summon his weapon. It appears with a flourish in his hand and Sora immediately turns awkwardly and smashes the siren in the head with it.

She screams in pain and let's go!! And the two boys are going to awkwardly fall back into the boat the sheer force of the movement. BUT FREEDOM!!!]

Ackk!!!

[retrobeats]

[ Michael yells in surprise when Sora summons a giant freakin' key out of nowhere, but valiantly clings on!! before he's tossed back into the bottom of the boat with Sora, letting out a loud oof as the wind gets knocked out of him.

holy crap. he's just gonna take a minute to lie there and feel the boat rocking underneath them, because they're alive???

after that minute's passed and his heart doesn't feel like it's about to beat its way right out of his chest anymore, he says in a slightly dazed voice: ]

... yeah, that was absolutely better than just kicking it in the face. [ ... and they are still on a boat and that thing could still be coming back, and that thought makes him detangle himself from the pile they landed in and scramble back up onto his knees, just to be safe. ] How did you do that anyway, I mean - what is it?